Bill Text: IA HF479 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the practice of massage therapy, and providing penalties. (Formerly HSB 1.)
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-15 - Withdrawn. H.J. 858. [HF479 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2019-HF479-Introduced.html
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BY
COMMITTEE
ON
JUDICIARY
(SUCCESSOR
TO
HSB
1)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
practice
of
massage
therapy,
and
1
providing
penalties.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
152C.5,
Code
2019,
is
amended
to
read
as
1
follows:
2
152C.5
Practice
or
use
of
title
——
license
required.
3
The
practice
of
massage
therapy
as
defined
in
section
4
152C.1
is
strictly
prohibited
by
unlicensed
individuals.
It
5
is
unlawful
a
serious
misdemeanor
for
a
person
to
engage
in
or
6
offer
to
engage
in
the
practice
of
massage
therapy,
or
use
in
7
connection
with
the
person’s
name,
the
initials
“L.
M.
T.”
or
8
the
words
“licensed
massage
therapist”,
“massage
therapist”,
9
“masseur”,
“masseuse”,
or
any
other
word
or
title
that
implies
10
or
represents
that
the
person
practices
massage
therapy,
unless
11
the
person
possesses
a
license
issued
under
the
provisions
of
12
section
152C.3
.
13
EXPLANATION
14
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
15
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
16
This
bill
makes
the
practice
of
massage
therapy
or
the
use
17
of
titles
associated
with
massage
therapists
by
an
unlicensed
18
individual
a
serious
misdemeanor.
A
serious
misdemeanor
is
19
punishable
by
confinement
for
no
more
than
one
year
and
a
fine
20
of
at
least
$315
but
not
more
than
$1,875.
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